Won the tournament

One other thing...I was at my industry conference this past weekend and played in the golf tournament on Sunday at the Cowboy Country Club. It was outstanding to wear a Houston Texans golf shirt while playing and even better winning the first place trophy!

I'm glad we are over .500

At this point of the season I'm glad the Astros are over .500. The season reminds me of past relatsionships. We've had great times (10 game win streak, twice taking 2 of 3 from the Cubs) and some painful ones (are we the only team to get swept by the Pirates since the '79 "We Are Family" Bucs?).

I have been enjoying that over the last two days we've beat the Cards and their "all-incredible-world-best ever-let's change the manager of the year trophy for him-he loves abandonded cats-thinks wearing sunglasses in the daytime is cool" Tony LaRussa. Amazing that nearly all our runs have come from the long ball. I'm sure that once LaRussa has seen us being uncharastic and knocking balls over the wall, he mentally checked out and was thinking about the fajitas at Pappasitos. Hey Tony...it's an 162 game seasion...maybe you shouldn't have mailed it in so early. Geeze!

I'll wait a few weeks until I start blogging on football, however, let me say Michigan starting three true freshmen on offensive is not good (even if two of the three were from the Houston area). A&M lost to Arkansas St???????? I can't even come up with some type of repectful comment.

Magic Number

The Cubs' magic number for the division title is...

Run Centraly Run

Holy crap.

The Cubs' run differential is stupid crazy...

Maybe they are saying "Chieeeeeeeeef..."

Boo.

All the third baseman did during his time in Pittsburgh was put together one of his most successful seasons -- one in which he hit .300 and slugged 34 home runs and 112 RBIs as a 23-year-old.

He never complained or asked to be traded.

"They boo their own players, so I'm not surprised they boo me," said Ramirez, who was traded from the Pirates to the Cubs in 2003. "They booed me while I was playing here. That's the way they are.

"They just traded me, so they should boo whoever traded me."

Special Olympic Edition!

"In the sand the ball bounces +++ but the bounces are few +++ for the bobbies +++ They're held...

...by BRA 1 & BRA 2!"

Deb Gurke's Big O

Hey Tim,

I was thinking (always a dangerous thing). But last night Lou put in the lefty lineup. I am proposing the all "O" lineup.

Soriano--LF
Theriot--SS
Blanco--1B
D-RO--CF
Soto--C
Cedeno--3B
Fonteneau--2B
Fuko(dome)--RF (Okay, I cheated a little on that one)
Zambrano--P

1st base coach--Sinatro
3rd base coach--Santo

Go Cubs Go!

Deb

Posted by: Deb Gurke | August 17, 2008 at 11:26 AM

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Cubs 18, Scalpers 2

Did you know the last time the Cubs beat a team by eight or more runs in both games of a double header was in 1908?

...and do you know what happened in 1908?









You guessed it - the Feyenoord Rotterdam football club was founded.

Cubs 6, Cardinals 2 - August 10, 2008

What Were The Padres Thinking?

Boy, where’d that Edmonds kid come from? He’s pretty good!

FROM ESPN Online:

Edmonds' stellar afternoon came on the Cardinals' first visit to Wrigley Field this season.

During Edmonds' return trip to St. Louis last month, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was miffed about Edmonds' comments that he was happy to be with the Cubs and tired of talking about his past. Edmonds responded by saying La Russa ducked him before the first game of that series.

Edmonds appeared to enjoy his first homer Friday, pausing at the plate momentarily to watch it take off before rounding the bases. Before the drive, Edmonds was 0-for-7 this season against his former team.

His second homer, his 15th of the season, was an opposite-field shot to left-center. He ran quickly around the bases after tying the game but did come out of the dugout for a curtain call.

Junior Mince

Sources report Ken Griffey, Jr. has been quoted as saying he is looking forward to having the opportunity to move to the American League and looks forward to having a new team put him on the DL.

Knee Kurkjian Response

Last night on ESPN Tim Kurkjian reported the Milwaukee Brewers are enjoying the results of acquiring CC Sabathia as witnessed by sellout crowds at Miller Park for the four-game series with the Cubs.